The Goldfarb Number

I'd like to propose the Goldfarb number as a tribute to Charles Goldfarb. It is an indication of generation more than necessary merit or prominence: I was surprised to find that it is indeed one factor in how I see slot people on markup: I am not at all convinced this is a sound metric of course!

The metric is whether you have served on a standard committee at the same time as the figure, or been involved in some book or paper with them, starting with Charles Goldfarb.

Anyway, here are some estimated numbers for some hub figures (if I got one wrong, let me know and I'll fix it):